Soap holding or retaining device.



No. 849,978. PATENTED APR. 9, 1907.

P. F. COX.

SOAP HOLDING 0R RETAINING DEVIGE.

APPLICATION FILED umzz, 1901.

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PAUL F. cox, OF BATTLE CREEK, MICHIGAN.

soAP HOLDING 'on RETAINING DEVICE.

N0. 8&9,978.

Specification of Letters Patent.

I Application filed January 22, 1907. Serial No. 353,521.

Patented April 9, 1907 To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, PAUL F. Cox, of.Ba ttle Creek, in the county of Calhoun and State of Michlgan, have invented certain new and.

.. a washstand, so that it can be easily and conveniently used by people, but cannot be surreptitiously removed.

The object of the present invention is to provide the soap with a tubular core-piece of flexible material and of novel construction affording means for the attachment of the suspending device, suchcore-piece being embedded in the soap during the molding process.

The invention will be clearly understood from the following description, in connection with the drawings, in wh1ch "Figure 1 is a view of a cake of soap provided with my novel core and connected to a suspendingdevice. Fig. 2 is an enlar' ed transverse sectionthrough the soap, showmg the core enlarged. Fig. 3 is a view of one of the core-blanks before folding, and Fig. 4 is an enlarged view of the core removed from the soap. Fig.6 is a section on line 5 5, Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a sectional view of a cake of soap with a modified form of flexible core, and Fig. 7 is a view of the core shown in Fig. 6 separated from the soap.

The core is preferably made froma stout flexible fabric or material which can be readily wrapped around a mandrel or core and placed 1n a soap-mold, so as to be embedded'in the soa as shown in Fi s. 2 and 6. The core is tubu ar and preferably slightly tapered. or conical and may be provided with perforations in its sides, whlch will fill with soap, and thus lock the core securely in place. The core is of a length equal to the greatest diameter of the soap.

The core 1 (shown in Figs. 1 and'2) may be made by cutting ablank of the form shown in Fig. 3 from the material, such blank being an approximately oblong rectangle, and is scored with four nearly-parallel lines a b c d,

the space between the lines a b and c d form- I ing the narrow sides of. the core and the space between the lines I) a forming one wide side of the core, while the portions 1 2 outside the lines a d, respectively, are overlapped and form the opposite wideside of the complete v core.

As shown .in Figs. 6 and 7,-the core can be made by spirally twisting a strip of material l into tubular form, the strip being preferably perforated before twisting or bending it into tubular form.

The cores are preferably provided with holes 6 in their sides, as shown, so that the soap projecting into these holes will lock the core securely in place. The core is embedded placing the core upon a core-rod placed within the mold while the soap is compressed 'in the soap when the latter is molded by therein. Preferably the core is made slightly tapered, smaller at top than at bottom, as shown, so that it will not easily or readily pull through the soap. Cores of this kind will be light, inexpensive, and secure and will not injure the hands of users when the soap is nearly worn off the core.

Any suitable device can be used for suspending the soap in place for use. For example, it can be suspended from a chain 2 by means of a rod 3, having a head'3 on one end and an eye 3 on the other; Such rod can be inserted through the core, then fastened to a ring on the chain by means of a lock 4, the hasp of which is run through the eye of the rod and through a ring. or link of the chain, as shown in Fig. 1'.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is I 1. A cake of soap having a tubular core of flexible material embedded therein and extending therethrough, substantially as (ic scribed.

2. A cake of soap having. an internal tubular core embedded therein and extending therethrough, said core being larg .51 at one end than at the other.

3. A cake of soap having a tubular core embedded therein and extending therethrough, said core having holes or apertures in its walls for looking it to the soap.

4 A cake of soap having an internal tubular core of flexible material embedded there- A cake of soap having an internal tubu- 1 ing the core, substantially as and for the purpose described.

7. The combination of a cake of soap, a tubular core of flexible material embedded in and passing through said cake, said core having holes in its walls; with a detachable rod assing through said core and suspending evices connected to the rod.

my own I afiiX my signature in presence of two witnesses. Y

PAUL F. COX.

Witnesses:

R. D. WOLFE, S. C. Cox.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as 

